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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785596503321

Titolo

The Cold War in Asia [[electronic resource] ] : the battle for hearts and minds / / edited by Zheng Yangwen, Hong Liu, Michael Szonyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94960-8

9786612949609

90-474-2881-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Brill ebook titles

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhengYangwen

LiuHong <1959 Nov. 1->

SzonyiMichael

Disciplina

950.4/2

Soggetti

Cold War - Social aspects - Asia

Asia Politics and government 1945-

Asia Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. World system and Asian order -- pt. 2. The propaganda war -- pt. 3. The export and globalisation of Maomism.

Sommario/riassunto

The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to what has been conventionally considered the periphery is essential to a full understanding of the global Cold War. Foregrounding Asia necessarily leads to a re-assessment of the dominant narratives. This volume also argues for a shift in focus from diplomacy and high politics alone towards research into the culture of the Cold War era and its public diplomacy. \'As a whole, the essays contribute to enriching our understanding of what was really happening in an era that is too often understood in the catch-all framework of the Cold War.\' - Akira Iriye, Harvard University